You cannot really get peace. You can only get rid of war.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaAkasha, for two thousand years I have watched,' he said. 'Call me the Roman in the Arena if you will and tell me tales of the ages that went before. When I knelt at your feet I begged you for your knowledge. But what I have witnessed in this short span has filled me with awe and love for all things mortal; I have seen revolutions in thought and philosophy which I believed impossible. Is not the human race moving towards the very age of peace you describe?'
Her face was a picture of disdain.
'Marius,' she said, 'this will go down as one of the bloodiest centuries in the history of the human race. What revolutions do you speak of, when millions have been exterminated by one small European nation on the whim of a madman, when entire cities were melted into oblivion by bombs? When children in desert countries of the East war on other children in the name of an ancient and despotic God? Marius, women the world over wash the fruits of their wombs down public drains. The screams of the hungry are deafening, yet unheard by the rich who cavort in technological citadels; disease runs rampant among the starving of whole continents while the sick in palatial hospitals spend the wealth of the world on cosmetics refinements and the promise of eternal life through pills and vials." She laughed softly. 'Did ever the cries of the dying ring so thickly in the ears of those of us who can hear them? Has ever more blood been shed?
Tags: war revolution human-race
My first rule of war, Cat-never give the enemy his wish
George R.R. MartinTags: war wishes rules enemy cat never first a-clash-of-kings tully bryden-blackfish
Both his voice and eyes had the burning cold of alcohol. His strength no longer lay in his military experience or his knowledge of the map, but in his harsh, impetuous soul.
Vasily GrossmanPeaceful disputes are maintained when men sincerely believe that they are morally, logically correct about the issues at hand. It is when neither side is really certain that wars are instigated.
Criss JamiTags: wisdom certainty doubt morality peace war patience faith security logic calm uncertainty conflict fighting controversy conviction battles insecurity disputes
A pen is neither good nor bad. It’s what you do with it that makes it a weapon of war or a tool of peace.
Likewise, love is neither good nor bad. It’s what you do with it that makes it the ultimate punishment or the greatest reward.
Don’t make war in daytime, because children are playing in the streets; don’t make war in night time, because children are sleeping in their beds!
Mehmet Murat ildanTags: war
I keep thinking about the march I joined today. It's bigger and stronger than war. That's why it will win. The people must be the ones to win, not the war, because war has nothing to do with humanity. War is something inhuman.
Zlata FilipovićTags: humanity peace war sarajevo
War is no joke, it seems. It destroys, kills, burns, separates, brings unhappiness.
Zlata FilipovićTags: war
As day is to a sword, night is to a shield.
Anthony LiccioneTags: friends family peace war fight safety military civil-rights watch support country shelter sword guard serve protect secure shield loyality beat-off care-for keep-safe stand-your-ground
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